TWIS #293
ViteSicure and Always Friday raised funding. Rumors for Bending Spoons IPO are intensifying. The Q1 2016 Italian market snapshot by Pitchbook is out.
Hello,
Welcome back to The Week in Italian Startups. This is Niccolò from Primo Capital: every week, I publish my curated list of the latest news from the Italian startup ecosystem.
The Money 💰
ViteSicure, an insuretech startup, raised €2.5m in a Series A round from Ad4Ventures and Net Insurance.
Always Friday, an AI organizer for corporate events, raised €1.05m in a Pre-seed round from Vento Ventures, P3 Ventures, Marco Migliore, and Arnaldo Borghesi.
The Money International 💰🌎
Hypervision Surgical raised €17m in a Series A round from Heal Capital, Angelini Ventures, IP Group, Daycrest, Heran Partners, Redalpine, LifeX Ventures, Zeiss Ventures, Sinc, and Macmillan Cancer Support.
QuoIntelligence raised €7.3m in a Series A round from Elevator Ventures, BMH Beteiligungs Managementgesellschaft Hessen, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS, and Mercurius Private Equity.
M&A 🥩
Reading this week📚
The Golinelli Foundation invested one million euros in Almacube, the innovation hub of the University of Bologna and Confindustria Emilia Area Centro.
Italy’s Bending Spoons aims for a $20B valuation in a possible US IPO: reports — TFN.
10 female-led startups to 🇮🇹follow in 2026 | SheTech.
Q1 2026 Italy Market Snapshot | PitchBook.
🇮🇹Italian Tech Landscape | La Tech Made in Italy.
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N.